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14.2 Shared Conversion State in Default Formatting ¶

The following shared conversion state information is defined in the default formatting functions:

Command	Name	Selectors	Value
abbr	explained_commands	string (first argument)	string
acronym	explained_commands	string (first argument)	string
footnote	footnote_number		integer
footnote	footnote_id_numbers	string (footnote id)	integer
listoffloats	formatted_listoffloats	string (normalized argument)	integer
menu	html_menu_entry_index		integer
printindex	formatted_index_entries	index_entry (index entry hash)	integer
top	in_skipped_node_top		integer
nodedescription	formatted_nodedescriptions	element (@nodedescription tree element)	integer

These shared information data correspond to:

explained_commands ¶

Associate the explanation given in a previous @abbr or @acronym second argument to first @abbr or @acronym arguments.

footnote_number ¶

The current number of footnotes formatted in document.

footnote_id_numbers ¶

Associate a footnote identifier, typically used in hyperlink reference, to the number of time the corresponding footnote was formatted. More than one corresponds to very rare cases, for instance a footnote in @copying and multiple @insertcopying.

formatted_listoffloats ¶

Associate a list of float type to the number of time it was formatted.

html_menu_entry_index ¶

Current number of menu entries in a menu. Reset to 0 at @menu beginning.

formatted_index_entries ¶

Associate an index entry to the number of time it was formatted.

in_skipped_node_top ¶

Set to 1 in a Top node being skipped, in case NO_TOP_NODE_OUTPUT is set.

formatted_nodedescriptions ¶

Associate a @nodedescription tree element to the number of time it was formatted.